the city of liverpool

Ola!

Ada banyak alasan buat gue untuk menjadikan Liverpool sebagai salah satu kota di dunia yang harus gue datengin sebelum gue pergi dari dunia ini. hehehe  Diantaranya adalah kultur musik dan sepakbolanya yang gila banget. Buat lo semua yang belom tau (kebangetan banget kalo gak tau) Liverpool adalah hometown dari klub sepakbola terhebat di dunia (hehe), LIVERPOOL FC dan band terbesar di dunia- THE BEATLES. Buat gue pribadi, Liverpool jadi sangat spesial karena kota ini juga adalah hometown dari - my favorite artist of all time - MEL C.

Ngomong2 tentang MEl C, kemarin tulisannnya tentang kota LIVERPOOL di publish di koran THE SUN di Inggris sana. Let's check what she said about the city of Liverpool...

Liverpool’s the new New York

By MELANIE C

Published: 19 Jan 2008

 

I WAS over the moon when Liverpool was named European City of Culture because, like every Scouser, I’m very proud of my home city.

We have great history – whether it be music, the arts or architecture.

I’m also proud of the city’s education system. There are fantastic schools, brilliant universities and Sir Paul McCartney’s school for music, the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA).

I think one of the main reasons Liverpool is so multi-cultural and interesting is because it is a port.

The docks meant there was a huge influx of people from all over the world.

 

Buzz

A port always gives a place a real buzz and I think Liverpool has never lost that buzz, even in the Eighties when things were so tough.

It was a real struggle for ordinary people to cope with the high unemployment and all the politics going on at the time, but they never gave up and it remained an exciting place to visit.

The people have always been very warm and friendly to visitors and I do think it’s a special place – but then I am biased.

Scousers have the best sense of humour in the world and I think many of them you talk to are funnier than the famous comedians from Liverpool you see on TV.

Every city has its stereotypes and people mock Scousers but they are good at taking the mickey out of themselves so it’s not a problem.

Liverpool has produced so many great bands and musicians, from the Sixties right up to today.

When I was growing up I was inspired by bands like Echo And The Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes and Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

And back in the Sixties there was no better place on earth to be than Liverpool if you were a teenager.

My mum and dad met at The Cavern club in the Sixties and whenever I ask her where and when she would like to be – if she could be in any era in any part of the world – she says, ‘Liverpool in the Sixties, there was nowhere like it’.

So for me The Cavern has an emotional place in my heart, a nice bit of history.

Today in Liverpool there is a great music scene going on. There’s a band called The Rascals that I’m really excited about and lots of bands – like Coldplay and Arctic Monkeys – come to record their albums in the city because of its musical heritage. You can go to a gig somewhere in the city every night, and all the musicians know each other so it’s a great, fun place to hang out.

I haven’t been back to see the revamped Cavern yet because I’ve been so busy with the Spice Girls.

But I really want to get involved in some of the events to celebrate Liverpool being City of Culture.

The ultimate for me would be to appear on stage with Paul McCartney when he plays at Anfield.

 

Iconic

The architecture in Liverpool is fantastic. The skyline now, with the iconic Liver Building and Pier Head, makes it look like New York.

The city is as exciting and vibrant as New York too.

The docklands area is now full of beautiful buildings and even in some of the old areas of Liverpool there are lovely Georgian houses.

I think the fact Liverpool has such a famous footballing history also makes it an enticing city for visitors.

Wherever in the world I go on holiday, sometimes to the middle of nowhere, I always bump into foreign Liverpool fans. They are everywhere.

I hope there will be a great legacy left behind from Liverpool being made City of Culture that we can all benefit from for years to come.